Can I delete eMClient folder and keep eMClient Preview folder?

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I have two folders in my Roaming profile: eM Client and eM Client Preview. I am using the version 7 beta 2 version and have no intentions of reverting to version 6. I would like to delete one of these folders, presumably the eM Client folder, to recover the 1Gb of storage it is using. Is it safe to delete this folder?

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Hi,

As you guessed, eM Client folder = eM Client 6, eM Client Preview = eM Client 7. I’d still recommend regular backups of your eMC 7 database, but it is safe to delete the eM Client folder as that is used only by eMC 6.

Dave

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Dave,

Thanks. Just in case, I zipped the v6 eM Client folder and deleted the unzipped folder.

Please note that the eM Client folder contains the Themes folder, which does not exist in the beta 7 installation. So deleting the entire em Client folder in favor of the the eM Client Preview folder will remove any custom themes stored therein.

Fortunately prior to deletion of the v6 installation, I had duplicated this version 6 Themes folder and placed it in the eM Client Preview folder. Yet this Themes folder is not recognized by beta 7 v2 so I had to manually import these custom themes into the beta 2 version.

After importing my themes I ended up with a folder in the Roaming directory entitled “eM Client” containing only the Themes folder. This eM Client folder exists alongside the eM Client Preview folder for the beta 7 release.  In other words, in the Roaming directory I now see two folders:

eM Client (contains only the Themes folder)
eM Client Preview (contains the entire v7 beta release)

Looks like the beta 7 needs some fixes that would comprehend the proper storage location for user created Themes that would eliminate the creation of a separate eM Client folder.

Also, the version 6 backup scheduler needs to be modified for beta 7. The arguments for the scheduled task must read as follows:

-backup -databasedir “C:\Users\Patrick\AppData\Roaming\ eM Client Preview” -backupdir “C:\Email Backups” -preserve 2  -instanceString “eM_Client_C__Users_Patrick_AppData_Roaming_ eM_Client_Preview _” -silence

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Mr. Adler,

Any response to my observations above?